Is T.J. funny or annoying...? and a thought on the writing...

I do think that the kids in this-- particularly Juliette Cummins and Heidi Kozak-- are very intentionally funny and it's their shenanigans that add to the enjoyalbe craziness of this.

I was just a kid during the 80s, but I think I remember "Uptight" being one of those slang-type expressions that entered the lexicon and never really left.

Nothing-- not the setting, victims, killer, or even the general sense of menace-- feels real here. Nightmares give way to more nightmares and the heroine seems disconnected like she might not actually be awake. I don't know if the producers wanted conflicting elements injected or if the whole storyline is meant to be a personal fantasy, but the finished product has the feel of a parody. Really, it's the non-cohesive weirdness that's the draw for me, so the fact that it's not a conventional Killer-In-The-House exercise is probably for the best.

TJ is both.

"SPAM 2" is an intentional humorous deconstruction of a horror movie.
It's a parody and a black comedy musical of a particular type of American horror flick.

The British censors didn't get that though. They banned it in the UK as a "video nasty" for being a particularly potent blend of violence, sexuality and music.

The Film had a budget of less than $400,000 -- the coffee budget for a Hollywood studio film -- and so production values were not the highest.

This was one of Roger Corman's favorite films during the 80's since it made him a lot of money, however his employees always wondered if he knew it was a comedy. Of course he did, he's got a wicked sense of humor! Look at G-A-SSSSSSS.

While I can't believe we're having a serious conversation about this movie, I'll throw in my two cents. I thought TJ was an annoying character, but a very believable one. The second he opened his mouth I new he was the same tool that everyone encounters at their high school. You know, the one that thinks he's tough and hilarious but is really neither. Anyway, I thought it was typical that he turned out to be a whiny little b!tch at the end and made his girlfriend carry him around because he had a cut on his leg. What a tool.

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Both funny and annoying, but I used to just think he was annoying. Especially during lines like "This is GETTING too STUPID." and "Smoke your head" etc.
But I watched it the other night and actually laughed at some of his lines, like "Noooo, go away you're supposed to be dead" lol.

He was very funny and thank god for a character like him.

There are characters like him in almost every horror movie, so I didnt really find him annoying.
And another note, the poster who mentioned this was a video nasty? I never saw it listed on any of the video nasty lists.

To me he was the only good part of this movie, otherwise this movie was pretty terrible. As a fan of the first movie this one was a real letdown. Thank goodness for Joel's performance which helped give it a little bit of life.

Annoying.